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Francesca Nesta Delling, MD

TitleAssistant Professor
SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
DepartmentMedicine
Address555 Mission Bay Blvd South
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-476-2796
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    Universita' di Brescia School of MedicineM.D.1998Medicine
    Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General HospitalFellow2004Echocardiography
    Boston University Medical CenterResident2007Medicine
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellow2010Cardiovascular Medicine
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthM.P.H.2016Public Health
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    American Heart Association2004Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award finalist

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    CLINICAL
    Dr Delling is a cardiologist with advanced training in echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She completed internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center and cardiovascular and cardiac imaging fellowships at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical interests include valvular heart disease (with a focus on mitral valve prolapse), primary and secondary cardiomyopathies and sudden cardiac death related to valvular disease.

    RESEARCH
    Dr Delling's research has focused on mitral valve disease and the combined use of echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and molecular genetics as tools to better understand disease mechanisms and progression. She is currently an NIH-funded investigator (previously supported by the American Heart Association) with collaborators at the Framingham Heart Study and the Leducq MITRAL Network in Europe. Attended coursework essential for her research endeavors includes a Master in Public Health (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).


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    Genetic Determinants and Progression of Mitral Valve Prolapse
    NIH K23HL116652Jan 17, 2014 - Dec 31, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Basha TA, Akçakaya M, Liew C, Tsao CW, Delling F, Addae G, Ngo L, Manning WJ, Nezafat R. Clinical performance of high-resolution late gadolinium enhancement imaging with compressed sensing. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Mar 16. PMID: 28301075.
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    2. Kato S, Nakamori S, Roujol S, Delling F, Akhtari S, Jang J, Basha T, Berg S, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Manning WJ, Nezafat R. Relationship between native papillary muscle T1 time and severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 Nov 16; 18(1):79. PMID: 27846845.
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    3. Bui AH, Roujol S, Foppa M, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Hauser TH, Zimetbaum PJ, Ngo LH, Manning WJ, Nezafat R, Delling F, et al. Diffuse myocardial fibrosis in patients with mitral valve prolapse and ventricular arrhythmia. Heart. 2016 Aug 11. PMID: 27515954.
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    4. Delling F, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Fuller D, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Hackman B, Manning WJ, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Evolution of Mitral Valve Prolapse: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2016 Apr 26; 133(17):1688-95. PMID: 27006478.
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    5. Delling F, Hassan ZK, Piatkowski G, Tsao CW, Rajabali A, Markson LJ, Zimetbaum PJ, Manning WJ, Chang JD, Mukamal KJ. Tricuspid Regurgitation and Mortality in Patients With Transvenous Permanent Pacemaker Leads. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 15; 117(6):988-92. PMID: 26833208.
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    6. Levine RA, Hagége AA, Judge DP, Padala M, Dal-Bianco JP, Aikawa E, Beaudoin J, Bischoff J, Bouatia-Naji N, Bruneval P, Butcher JT, Carpentier A, Chaput M, Chester AH, Clusel C, Delling F, Dietz HC, Dina C, Durst R, Fernandez-Friera L, Handschumacher MD, Jensen MO, Jeunemaitre XP, Marec HL, Tourneau TL, Markwald RR, Mérot J, Messas E, Milan DP, Neri T, Norris RA, Peal D, Perrocheau M, Probst V, Pucéat M, Rosenthal N, Solis J, Schott JJ, Schwammenthal E, Slaugenhaupt SA, Song JK, Yacoub MH. Mitral valve disease-morphology and mechanisms. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2015 Dec; 12(12):689-710. PMID: 26483167.
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    7. Delling F, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Slaugenhaupt SA, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Familial Clustering of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Community". Circulation. 2015 Oct 6; 132(14):e187-8. PMID: 26438779; PMCID: PMC4620666 [Available on 10/06/16].
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    8. Delling F. Left Ventricular Ejection Index as a Marker of Early Myocardial Dysfunction in Primary Mitral Regurgitation: Novel or Old in Disguise? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Sep; 8(9):e003995. PMID: 26338880; PMCID: PMC4563999 [Available on 09/01/16].
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    9. Dina C, Bouatia-Naji N, Tucker N, Delling F, Toomer K, Durst R, Perrocheau M, Fernandez-Friera L, Solis J, Le Tourneau T, Chen MH, Probst V, Bosse Y, Pibarot P, Zelenika D, Lathrop M, Hercberg S, Roussel R, Benjamin EJ, Bonnet F, Lo SH, Dolmatova E, Simonet F, Lecointe S, Kyndt F, Redon R, Le Marec H, Froguel P, Ellinor PT, Vasan RS, Bruneval P, Markwald RR, Norris RA, Milan DJ, Slaugenhaupt SA, Levine RA, Schott JJ, Hagege AA, Jeunemaitre X. Genetic association analyses highlight biological pathways underlying mitral valve prolapse. Nat Genet. 2015 Oct; 47(10):1206-11. PMID: 26301497.
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    10. Durst R, Sauls K, Peal DS, deVlaming A, Toomer K, Leyne M, Salani M, Talkowski ME, Brand H, Perrocheau M, Simpson C, Jett C, Stone MR, Charles F, Chiang C, Lynch SN, Bouatia-Naji N, Delling F, Freed LA, Tribouilloy C, Le Tourneau T, LeMarec H, Fernandez-Friera L, Solis J, Trujillano D, Ossowski S, Estivill X, Dina C, Bruneval P, Chester A, Schott JJ, Irvine KD, Mao Y, Wessels A, Motiwala T, Puceat M, Tsukasaki Y, Menick DR, Kasiganesan H, Nie X, Broome AM, Williams K, Johnson A, Markwald RR, Jeunemaitre X, Hagege A, Levine RA, Milan DJ, Norris RA, Slaugenhaupt SA. Mutations in DCHS1 cause mitral valve prolapse. Nature. 2015 Sep 3; 525(7567):109-13. PMID: 26258302.
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    11. Motiwala SR, Delling F. Assessment of mitral valve disease: a review of imaging modalities. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2015 Jul; 17(7):390. PMID: 25981195.
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    12. Delling F, Vasan RS. Mitral valve prolapse and glaucoma: a 'floppy' perception? Heart. 2015 Apr; 101(8):584-5. PMID: 25637370.
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    13. Delling F, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Slaugenhaupt SA, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Familial clustering of mitral valve prolapse in the community. Circulation. 2015 Jan 20; 131(3):263-8. PMID: 25361552; PMCID: PMC4301989 [Available on 01/20/16].
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    14. Delling F, Vasan RS. Epidemiology and pathophysiology of mitral valve prolapse: new insights into disease progression, genetics, and molecular basis. Circulation. 2014 May 27; 129(21):2158-70. PMID: 24867995; PMCID: PMC4052751.
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    15. Delling F, Gona P, Larson MG, Lehman B, Manning WJ, Levine RA, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS. Mild expression of mitral valve prolapse in the Framingham offspring: expanding the phenotypic spectrum. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Jan; 27(1):17-23. PMID: 24206636; PMCID: PMC4239996.
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    16. Appelbaum E, Maron BJ, Adabag S, Hauser TH, Lesser JR, Haas TS, Riley AB, Harrigan CJ, Delling F, Udelson JE, Gibson CM, Manning WJ, Maron MS. Intermediate-signal-intensity late gadolinium enhancement predicts ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jan; 5(1):78-85. PMID: 22135401.
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    17. Delling F, Kang LL, Yeon SB, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Manning WJ, Han Y. CMR predictors of mitral regurgitation in mitral valve prolapse. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Oct; 3(10):1037-45. PMID: 20947049.
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    18. Beeri R, Yosefy C, Guerrero JL, Nesta F, Abedat S, Chaput M, del Monte F, Handschumacher MD, Stroud R, Sullivan S, Pugatsch T, Gilon D, Vlahakes GJ, Spinale FG, Hajjar RJ, Levine RA. Mitral regurgitation augments post-myocardial infarction remodeling failure of hypertrophic compensation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 29; 51(4):476-86. PMID: 18222360.
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    19. Delling F, Sanborn DY, Levine RA, Picard MH, Fifer MA, Palacios IF, Lowry PA, Vlahakes GJ, Vaturi M, Hung J. Frequency and mechanism of persistent systolic anterior motion and mitral regurgitation after septal ablation in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Dec 1; 100(11):1691-5. PMID: 18036370.
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    20. Syed Z, Leeds D, Curtis D, Nesta F, Levine RA, Guttag J. A framework for the analysis of acoustical cardiac signals. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2007 Apr; 54(4):651-62. PMID: 17405372.
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    21. Syed Z, Curtis D, Guttag J, Nesta F, Levine RA. Software enhanced learning of cardiac auscultation. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006; 1:6105-8. PMID: 17946356.
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    22. Nesta F, Leyne M, Yosefy C, Simpson C, Dai D, Marshall JE, Hung J, Slaugenhaupt SA, Levine RA. New locus for autosomal dominant mitral valve prolapse on chromosome 13: clinical insights from genetic studies. Circulation. 2005 Sep 27; 112(13):2022-30. PMID: 16172273.
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    23. Sebag IA, Morgan JG, Handschumacher MD, Marshall JE, Nesta F, Hung J, Picard MH, Levine RA. Usefulness of three-dimensionally guided assessment of mitral stenosis using matrix-array ultrasound. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Oct 15; 96(8):1151-6. PMID: 16214455.
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    24. Dember LM, Shepard JA, Nesta F, Stone JR. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 15-2005. An 80-year-old man with shortness of breath, edema, and proteinuria. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 19; 352(20):2111-9. PMID: 15901865.
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    25. Nesta F, Otsuji Y, Handschumacher MD, Messas E, Leavitt M, Carpentier A, Levine RA, Hung J. Leaflet concavity: a rapid visual clue to the presence and mechanism of functional mitral regurgitation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Dec; 16(12):1301-8. PMID: 14652610.
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    26. Freed LA, Acierno JS, Dai D, Leyne M, Marshall JE, Nesta F, Levine RA, Slaugenhaupt SA. A locus for autosomal dominant mitral valve prolapse on chromosome 11p15.4. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Jun; 72(6):1551-9. PMID: 12707861; PMCID: PMC1180315.
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    27. Mele D, Campana M, Sclavo M, Seveso G, Aschieri D, Nesta F, D'Aiello I, Ferrari R, Levine RA. Impact of tissue harmonic imaging in patients with distorted left ventricles: improvement in accuracy and reproducibility of visual, manual and automated echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2003 Mar; 4(1):59-67. PMID: 12565064.
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    28. Mele D, Schwammenthal E, Torp H, Nesta F, Pedini I, Vandervoort P, Alboni P, Levine RA. A semiautomated objective technique for applying the proximal isovelocity surface area method to quantitate mitral regurgitation: Clinical studies with the digital flow map. Am Heart J. 2001 Apr; 141(4):653-60. PMID: 11275934.
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    29. Ferrari R, Pepi P, Ferrari F, Nesta F, Benigno M, Visioli O. Metabolic derangement in ischemic heart disease and its therapeutic control. Am J Cardiol. 1998 Sep 3; 82(5A):2K-13K. PMID: 9737480.
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